On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 11:07:15PM +0300, Elad Alfassa wrote: > On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 10:39 PM, Matthew Garrett <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > > We can, but the spec requires that it be VFAT, and it's not reasonable > > for us to make /boot VFAT (no selinux labelling, for instance). > > > > I guess this is so more minimal bootloaders could read it? > Another partition is not something I'd want either. What are the downsides > of > putting those files on the ESP, besides it not being a standard practice for > other OS providers? It may not be big enough. Remember, it's a shared resource - if you use the ESP as $BOOT and you have multiple operating systems, they'll all install their kernels there. -- Matthew Garrett | mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- desktop mailing list desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop
